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· 21-Nov-2017 21:36

(I won't say much about the Lymphatic Phlegm section, as it really didn't keep my attention as much as other albums and I get sick of remembering which ridiculous song title went with what riffs I enjoyed.) The problem is, neither band is really at their strongest here."Harvesting the Cunt Nectar" was able to have microsongs and long samples because the album flowed seamlessly.Now a lot of people would point to XXX Maniak as a novelty band with their ultra-short tracks, demented song titles, and overall off-kilter feel, but no other novelty band seems to have crafted music as strong and enduring as this one.

Certainly some are instant classics for XXX Maniak; 'Ghost Torturing Dance Party', 'Boys Forced Into Prostitution', 'Illegal Teens Do Anything For Money', and 'Chicks Fucking Landlords For Rent' are all remarkably catchy.Any XXX Maniak fan should of course pick this up; it's almost just as necessary as the debut EP to one's collection.Lymphatic Phlegm: Positioning Lymphatic Phlegm second on the split is sort of an awkward suggestion; you're riding the high off XXX Maniak's hyperspeed tracks and suddenly you get something slower, with worse production, and an absolutely bizarre mood shift.Overall this is most comparable to material like the split with Neuro-Visceral Exhumation: fairly typical Lymphatic Phlegm material that is quite listenable without ever really reaching the exceptional level of some of their releases.Lymphatic Phlegm is entrenched in their typical style on this: vaguely Carcass-derived goregrind with a very fake drum machine, bizarre, pseudo-melodic riffing borrowing heavily from thrash and traditional heavy metal, and indecipherably distorted vocals, with everything caked in enough reverb to make a claustrophobe have a heart attack on first listen.